Todays topic for Discussion on Balzac- Quasar chat: Office Politics? Can we do with out them? Can we ignore and not be sucked into it?

atheistbishopb: I CANNOT PLAY THE POLITICS
atheistbishopb: i cannot connive with people coz they
might put in a good word for me
tscquasar: uh oh
tscquasar: then you are in the wrong industry
tscquasar: as simple as that
atheistbishopb: its not a q of teh Industry,
tscquasar: it definitely is.
tscquasar: to a certain extent
atheistbishopb: I dont think politics is a function of
Industry but more a function of situations and People
tscquasar: you HAVE to get used to the politics..
tscquasar: people make the industry
atheistbishopb: does getting used to mean playing it as
well?
tscquasar: do as the romans do.. (to a certain extent)
atheistbishopb: ??
tscquasar: some amount of politics is necessary in the
workplace.. for everyone to survive..
atheistbishopb: yes got that
tscquasar: especially if they're not as good tscquasar: yes
atheistbishopb: BANG ON BANG ON
tscquasar: eh?
atheistbishopb: see i dont really mind peopel with lofty
words and no deeds
tscquasar: but they mind you
atheistbishopb: nope
tscquasar: they do
tscquasar: and i'm a good 70% sure about it..
tscquasar: (i first put 90.. then i made it 70) but i'm
serious
atheistbishopb: as of now I have shown everybody
body that I will do my work but i cannot do sycophancy
atheistbishopb: It might look as tho I am playng safe
and being in good books of everybody but I cannot
make friends with anybody for an end Business goal
tscquasar: then dont
atheistbishopb: I am suer that a few people resent me
for that but I dont mind if they resent for something I
dont do
atheistbishopb: If that means that I will take more time
to reach the top so be it
tscquasar: atleast not now.. but if people get the
impression that you're two goody shoes.. it might affect
you in the long term
atheistbishopb: THIS IS WHAT WORRIES ME THE
MOST
tscquasar: i went through the same shytte.. and got
branded as miss goody-two-shoes
atheistbishopb: and now?
tscquasar: well.. it was hard for them to elect me as a
manager.. cuz i was a 'softie'
tscquasar: eventually i got the position.. but with great
lectures.. (because I was just 21 at the time)
atheistbishopb: but softie is something else right
tscquasar: no.. softie essentially is goody two shoes..
atheistbishopb: when I need to be hard on somebody
working withme or below me I am as hard as any one
but in that situation I dont
tscquasar: people will wonder if you can handle a post
that has a lot of responsibilities (in the form of dealing
harshly with colleagues)
atheistbishopb: I dont play politics and let go of that
person as that personmight get me something else at a
leter point of time
tscquasar: well.. that's what its all about...
atheistbishopb: I am getting ur message but politics is
one of the things which I seem to have an intractable position
tscquasar: you scratch me.. and i bite your head off..
that's the name of the game..
tscquasar: hm
tscquasar: i understand..
atheistbishopb: you scratch me.. and i bite your head
off.. is fine with me but u scratch my back I scratch urs is what i
dont like
tscquasar: i know the feeling..
tscquasar: but sometimes keeping a job is real
important..
atheistbishopb: Sometimes I see myself as a misfit in this
"competitive Industry"
tscquasar: i used to play such games.. then i got so
bored.. one day i had a face-to-face with my boss.. and
told him that i don't like playing these games.. so do
something about it
atheistbishopb: here relationships seem to be based
mroe on an end objective than anything else which is like
treason to me
tscquasar: hm..
atheistbishopb: what did ur boss say?
tscquasar: i can imagine how bad the indian corporate
world must be..
atheistbishopb: i donnno if it is a feature only of this
place or is it common world over
tscquasar: my boss told my colleague to keep out of my
hair.. as i did more work than the other two put together
atheistbishopb: and I donno if I am seeing and
percieving all these becoz I started off on a wrong foot in
the organisation?
tscquasar: out here it can get pretty bad.. if you are a
goodytwoshoes
tscquasar: no its very common
atheistbishopb: I have to take a call on what i need to do
tscquasar: hm ok
tscquasar: :-)
atheistbishopb: but that will be one quantum shift
tscquasar: true true
atheistbishopb: I have to decide whether this situation
is coz: I am seeing and percieving all these
becoz I started off on a wrong foot in the organisation?
whether it will be different if I join a different organisation
tscquasar: a lil slap into reality: ITS GOING TO BE
THERE IN EVERY ORGANIZATION!
atheistbishopb: aaaahhh
atheistbishopb: If I decide to play it may be i will end
up with an upper hand
atheistbishopb: I hate that statement

Reproduced with permission from Chat between Balaji and Foolmaker. All rights reserved. hehe.

This is one of the coolest conversation I had.
The topic of the conversation: Rahul challenging me for a game of Age of empires and we are using Captain Haddock's Choicest galis.

Enjoy:
atheistbishop toffee-noses I still havent played teh age of emplires
rahulkorlipara : hell don't tell me. why??
rahulkorlipara : Haven't been able to install it ??
atheistbishop : had to rush home to meet my girl friend
rahulkorlipara : aaaaaaaaaah coconuts, miserable earthworms and slubberdegullions!!!! u need to start playing man. I have been craving for some competition
atheistbishop : odd-toed ungulates i will pay tonite and beat the shit out of u in a week
rahulkorlipara : yeah right dream on u vegetarian jellied-eel
rahulkorlipara : Let's have a bet since I kinda specialize in making bets with Guano gathering brutes
atheistbishop : lemme show u what I am made of slave trader
rahulkorlipara : one temptations chocolate says u can't beat me in a week or even a month
rahulkorlipara : wanna take the bet u politicaql fuzyy-wuzzy
rahulkorlipara : ??
atheistbishop : I am fuming over the challenge in front of me u pickled herrings can never beat me ha ha ha ha ha
rahulkorlipara : then take up the bet u duck-billed platypus
atheistbishop : I just did u pithecanthropus
rahulkorlipara : u got it u phylloxera Name the time and place. u've got a week to poslish your miserable moth eating skills
atheistbishop : To have a phot o finish and beat u I need a week u patagonian but to beat the hell out of a gibbering ghost I need a 2 weeks
rahulkorlipara : I mean u will need 'em
rahulkorlipara : u got it u miserable rat eating invertebrate. 2 weeks it is. One temptations is the bet. In the meantime stop dreaming about gallows-fodder and polish your numbskull skills beause u will need it
rahulkorlipara : u will be punished u insolent porcupine. I will beat the shit out of you and don't beg for mercy because u ain't gonna get it u fat face . ihahahahahahahaaaaa
atheistbishop : I am the vanguard for blackguards like you, I am the cephalopod for rhizopods like I am here to avenge all teh defeats of miserables in the hands of heretic like you and From now you can sleep calmly no more U can breath easily no more coz Me the original will decimate u the aborigine
rahulkorlipara : dipsomaniacs seldom make good orators, vegetarians seldom make good cannibals, highwaymen seldom make good businessmen, nicompoops seldom make good Age of empires players. Dream on aborigine hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa
rahulkorlipara : fancy dress fatimas ought to stick to fancy dresses not play age of empires with geniuses like me. U will lose like a trampled bougainvilla. It's written in the book of the aztecs.
atheistbishop : Lemme throw moujiks liek you under a rusted double decker in charminar, I will beat every anthracite into submission Goose caps dont deserve to live on teh face of this earth, I will have snowy take a bite out of every sea gehrkins bums,
rahulkorlipara : JAM
rahulkorlipara : Dream on harlequin. Miserable earthworms like youe were meant to be crushed under the heels of Savages like me. your doom is writtem and sealed. Die die die u anamorphic aardvark Die die die!!!!! ihahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
atheistbishop : Aztecs need to lie dead under teh south american mountains, since they lost the age of empires to the Incans like me. Stool pigeons have never been good players of Age of empires,
atheistbishop : all these fancy dress fascists who thot they conquered the world, with these nitwit ideas of victory have never come accross a formidable foe, these hooligans who like the Indian cricketers always won at home need an opponent like me
atheistbishop : JAM
rahulkorlipara : Precisely why u shouldn't be dreaming impossible dreams u novice. Accept the patronage of the great one (Me) and live in cowardly paranoia. Don't aspire to be what you aren't. Survive. Exist or u die. Dont's aspire to compete because u can't. abecedarians and flaming jack in the boxes shouldn't be thinking of venturing into domains that require the grey cells. Give up. give up. give up those fool's dreams
rahulkorlipara : JAM
rahulkorlipara : You've got balls child. Your testicular fortitude is commendable

Will update in the next spar and the head to head.

I hate it when I have no idea whats going on around me. Even more when its happening to me.
The frustration might not be due to my inability to affect the situation. Even the statement that I just made smacks of my constant
pre-occupation with proving to myself that I am in control of the situation.
Am I better off if I know for sure where I stand in the organisation and what part do I play in its future? Yes
But does the organisatio know where it is going and How it wants to get there? No
Is your predicamment a simple result of transverse logic that as the organisation is very confused so the choas has effected you as well.
So should I make sure of my position in the organisation? What if they tell me tommorow that we no longer need your services?

The other way of coping with such a situation is to align yourself with the influencers in the organisation. That means keeping the people who probably might influence the decision in good stead, however artificial that might be. I have never been able to make friends with an end Business objective in mind.
With so many rumors floating in the organisation, shud you believe everything or shud you be "street smart" and take in only depending on what a "few" people tell you?
One of the Lousiest things which has happened due to this acquisition is that no one trusts no one. Everybody is insecure.
Productivity wise, nothing seems to be happening, people just seem to be huddling in groups to talk about whats happening, who's saying what.

In such a state of affairs, where:
1. The people who recruited me are no longer present.
2. The organisation in which I used to work for is now a department in "bigger" organisation
3. My boss had one boss above him, now he was around 5 people above him. Usually shudnt be a problem but the communication distortion unintended and intended, which happens is appalling.
4. We get to hear soft music before we start a conference, we get things like toys, balls, and other stuff to hold when we talk so that we can concentrate better
5. Its more important for analysts to be in good stead even if that means kicking out 50 employees.

Is it fair on my part to look for another job while I am still getting payed by this company? I donno. The worst part is if I am looking for a job when i am here, I am neither doing a good job here, nor am i doing a good job of getting a new job. ideally i shud keep looking for a new job and care two hoots to this job till they gimme a clear signal of what they would do. Is ideal = street smart = unethical. then I dont really bother if i am not doing the ideal thing to do. I am here and I will do a good job of what I have in my hand. The only way that I can retain this job is to make myself indispensable to the organisation. ---Cool statement----
Do I know how? NOPE

I wrote and deleted a blog three times: either what i am writing is not I really feel or What I am writing is exaclty what I feel